Door holder



Jan. '7, 1930. N. QHRISTIANSEIN 1,742,303

DOOR HOLDER Filed March 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 iu-ue'ntoz,MChr-ial'ianaen Jan. 7, 1930; N. CHRISTIANSEN 1,742,303

' noon HOLDER Filed March 5, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 k I Chris l" iananPatented Jan. 1930 Es PATENT OFFICE NIELS OERISTIANSEN OI HILIONVILLAGE, VIRGINIA noon HOLDER Application filed March 5,

This invention relates to buildersfhardwareandmore particularlyto a.door holder by means of which: a, door may be securely fastened whenshut or. retained ina partially opened position. u j

One object of the invention 1s to provlde a device of this characterincluding a post carried by the-door anda; latchingbar adapts ed to be.connected with a door frameand m movable. into and out ofposition toengage thepost,

. Another object. of the invention 1s:t0 yield ably resist movement of:the post and latching bar relative: to. each other when the post 1s isengaged wi hthelat hing bar nd th s pr vent a. rattling noise. a

Another object of: he invention; is to allow the postto be slidablyengaged withthe latching bar or releasably engaged by a hook at l no thefree, end of the. latching. bar.

The invention is illustrated inthe accom panying drawings, whereinFigure lis aperspective vlew shown the doonclosedand the latching barsecure out of position to engagethelpost. carried by the door Fig, 2'is. a perspective view showing the latching bar engaged with the postand. disposed to prevent opening of' the door Fig. 3; is. a perspectivev ew showing the latching bar engaged withthepost and in position tovretain the door partially opened, and V t Fig. 4 is a top plan Viewshowing a door retained in a. artially openedposition bya latching barof? a modified construction.v

The door holder constituting the sub ect- .matter of this. invention isemployed tore; tain a door 1 in either a closedor a partially openedposition and includes a latching. bar 2 which is'formed of strongmetaland may be of i any desired: length. This bar" has one end formedwith an opening 3 to receive a staple or. eye 4, and'by aninspectionofEigs. 1,2 and 31itwill be. seen. that the latching bar maybe disposed in either a. depending: POSI- tion ora substantiallyhorizontal position and when in the depending position may be movedeither into or out of position to secure the door. The eye iiscarried bya plate 5which.

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is secured to the door frame 6 by screws or other suitable fasteners andis formed with marginalflanges so that a cushion 8 which is formed ofrubber and projects through an opening 9 in the plate may be retained inposition by an enlarged base disposed between theplate 5 and the surfaceof the door frame against which the plate is secured. A longitudinallyextending slot 10 is formed in the latching bar andrecesses 11 which arespaced fromeach other longitudinally of the bar lead fromione side edgeof the slot. Adjacent the attached end of the bar the slot 10 terminatesin a. curvedextension 12 and at the junction of the slot with the sideextension is formed arecess 13 which is of greater dimensions than therecesses: 11 and also of greater dimensions thanithe width of the slotor its extension. A hook ltis provided at the free 7 end of the latchingbar and at its attached end thelatching bar is provided with a finger 15whichprojects therefrom in alinement with the rear end of thesideextension 12 of the slot. In order to prevent the latch bar fromswinging toward and away from the doorframe When inthe inoperativeposition shown in Fig. 1,therehas been provided a keeper 16 including abase or block 17 secured against the door frame and a latching strip 18which is pivotedto the block or base and of such length that when turnedfrom the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, it can.straddle'the slot 10 and prevent the latching bar from swinging awayfrom the door frame. The block is of such width 5 that it may be snuglyreceivedin the slot andof such depth that its outer face will besubstantially flush with the outer face of the latch bar. Therefore,when the latching stripis turned to the operative position, it will bearagainst thelatching bar at opposite sides of the slot and securely holdthe latching barfagainst movement. Therefore, if. the device is. appliedto the door of a state room upon a boat. or train, movement of the boator train. will not cause the latching bar to swing toward and away fromthe door frame with resulting noise and marring of the door frame.

The post 19 which is carried by the door a and cooperates with thelatching bar is also formed of metal and is provided with a base 20having openings formed therein to receive securing screws 21. This postmay be either long or short according to whether the door opens inwardlyor outwardly and adjacent its free end it carries a pin which projectstransversely from the post'and terminates in a head 22. The head is ofsuch size that it may be passed through the recess 13 to dispose the pinwithin the slot of the latching bar but is of sufiicient diameter toprevent it from passing through the recesses 11 or through the slot atany point except the intersection of the slot with the extension 12where the recess 13 is located. It will thus be seen that, when the pinis passed through the recess 13 and into the slot, the post and thelatching bar will be connected and cannot accidentally separate.

When the improved door holder is in use, the base plate 5 of themounting is secured against the door frame adjacent the upper end of thedoor opening at one side thereof and the post is secured to the door adjacent its top and close to the free side edge of the door. \Vhen thelatching bar is secured to the door frame, as shown in Fig. 1, the doormay be freely opened and closed. By releasing the latch strip 17' andswinging the latching bar into position to permit the pin to be passedthrough the recess 13 and into the slot 10, the latching bar may beswung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, to dispose the pin at the upperend of the curved extension 12. When so disposed, the latching bar willserve very effectively to prevent the door from being opened. Instead ofmoving the latching bar into position to dispose the pin in the sideextension 12, it may be supported in a substantially horizontal positionafter the pin has been moved into the slot and the'door can then beopened as far as desired and the pin disposed in a selected recess orseat 11. 'When this is one, the door will be retained in a partiallyopened position, as shown in Fig. 3, and it cannot be entirely opened.If a person should attempt to enter a room having the door retained in apartially opened position, this will be prevented as the pin cannot moveout'of the slot except through the recess 13 and the door must be closedbefore this can be accomplished. It

will thus be seen that an unauthorizedperson cannot release the'latchingbar from the pin by standing outside'the room and then open the door asufiicient distance to enter. When the latching bar is in the horizontalposition shown in Fig. 3, the finger extension 15 bears against thecushion 8 andthe cushion will be subjected to sufiicient pressure tocause it to have a tendency to press upon the finger and thereby causethe pin to be yieldably retained in the seat 11 in which it is disposed.This not only prevents the pin from accidentally slipping out of thedesired recess and permitting the door to move open beyond a desiredextent but also prevents rattling noises which would be caused if thepin fitted loosely in the recesses. When it is desired to onlytemporarily retain the door partially opened, the pin is engaged by thehook 14. When this is done, the door may be securely retained in apartially opened position but the latch ing bar can be very easilydetached from the pin and return to the inoperative position without itsbeing necessary to first close the door in order to move the pinlongitudinally through the slot and pass the pin outwardly through therecess 13.

The latching bar, which is shown in Fig. 4 and indicated by the numeral23, is quite similar to the latching bar shown in Figs. 1. 2 and 3, butinstead of being straight throughout its lengths it is curvedlongitudinally. This form of latching bar is intended to be disposedabove the door instead of to one side of it. When this form of bar isemployed, the base plate of the mounting 24 corresponds to the baseplate 5 is secured in a horizontal position above the door opening inthe door frame and the post 26 is secured to the door in such a positionthat its pin 27 will project vertically from the post above the plane ofthe upper edge of the door. Therefore, the latching bar may extendhorizontally above the door.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A door holder comprising a mounting including'an attaching plateadapted to be secured adjacent a door opening, an eye projectingoutwardly from said attaching plate,

a cushion of yieldable material projecting forwardly from said attachingplate in spacedrelation to said eye, a latch bar loosely engaged withsaid eye and formed with a longitudinally extending slot having sidenotches, the inner end of said bar being adapted to bear against saidcushion when the arm is extended away from the mounting, a post adaptedto be secured to a door, and a pin projecting from said post and adaptedto be slidably received in said slot and provided with a head toreleasably retain the pin in the'slot.

2. A door holder comprising a mounting adapted to besecured adjacent adoor opening and including an eye, a cushion carried by said mounting inspaced'relation to said eye, alatch bar loosely engaged with said eyeand having its attached end provided with a'finger to bear against saidcushion when the bar is in an extended position, said bar being formedwith a longitudinally extending t-rack'having seats leading therefromand spaced from each other longitudinally of the track, and a postadapted to be secured to a door and provided with a pin slidablyreceived in said track and engageable i n the seats to releasablyretainthe door in a set position.

3. A door holder comprising a mounting adapted to be secured adjacent adoor opening and including an eye, a latch bar loosely engaged with saideye its free end provided with a hook, said bar having a longitudinallyextending track formed with seats leading transversely therefrom, and apost adapted to be secured to a door andprovided with a pin extensionadapted to be engaged by said hook and slidably received in said trackfor move- -ment from one seat to another whereby the door may bereleasably secured in adjusted positions.

ture. NIELS CHRISTIANSEN [1. s.]

In testimony whereof I aifix my signa

